1897 in Argentine football

1897 in Argentine football saw Lomas win its 4th Primera División championship within 5 seasons played. Lomas won the title after winning the 2nd replay of the playoff against Lanús Athletic,[1] the players of Lomas Academy (dissolved last year) returned to the main team.

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Football in Argentina
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Football is Argentinas most popular sport, the one with the most players and is the most popular recreational sport, played from childhood into old age. The percentage of Argentines that declare allegiance to an Argentine football club is about 90%, Football was introduced to Argentina in the later half of the 19th century by the British immigrants in Buenos Aires. The first Argentine league was contested in 1891, making it the fifth oldest recognised league of a FIFA member, the Argentine Football Association was formed in 1893 and is the eighth oldest in the world. The Argentine national team is one of the eight to have won the football World Cup, having done so in 1978 and 1986, and also being runner-up in 1930,1990, and 2014. They have also won the top tournament, the Copa América, on fourteen occasions. The nations Olympic representative has won two Gold Medals, while the team has won a record six U-20 World Cups. At club level, Argentine teams have won the most Intercontinental Cups, womens football has a national league since 1991, the Campeonato de Fútbol Feminino. In turn, the national representative qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007. In futsal, Argentina were FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup champions in 1994 and they also compete in the FIFA code of futsal, where they finished third in the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The team also won the FIFA Futsal Copa América in 2003, moreover, Argentina was world champion in futsal for the visually impaired in 1998. Argentina also compete in the beach football World Cup, where their best finish was third in 2001. British citizens founded social and sports clubs where they could practise their sports, such as bowls, cricket, football, golf, horse riding, rugby union and tennis amongst others. Two English immigrants Thomas and James Hogg organized a meeting on 9 May 1867 in Buenos Aires where the Buenos Aires Football Club was founded. The first recorded match in Argentina took place on this pitch on 20 June 1867. This newspaper, published in Argentina, was the first one to cover football matches in the country, the game was played between two teams of British merchants, the White Caps and the Red Caps. In the 19th century it was practice for teams to be distinguished by caps rather than jerseys. The teams consisted of 8 players each as the organisers were unable to more players for the match. The line-ups were, Thomas Hogg, James Hogg, William Forrester, T. B. Smith, J. W. Bond, Smith, William Heald, T. R. Best, U

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Lomas Athletic Club
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Lomas Athletic Club is an Argentine sports club from the Lomas de Zamora district of Greater Buenos Aires. Lomas Athletic has also had a role in field hockey, with the female section being the most winning team in Argentina with 17 Metropolitano championships won. Nevertheless, in 2014 the first team was relegated to the division after playing Italiano. Lomas field hockey compete at tournaments organised by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association. Apart from rugby and hockey, other activities practised at the club are bowls, contract bridge, cricket, golf, swimming, the arrival of English emigrants to Argentina had taken place in the period after Argentinas independence from Spain through the 19th century. When English settled up in a village, they established a club. Following those non-written rules, they founded the Lomas Academy Athletic Club, the founding members were John Cowes, Thomas Dodds and James Gibson. They were assisted by the directors of Lomas Academy School, R. L. Goodfellow, the club changed its name to Lomas Athletic Club two years later. The sports initially practised were cricket, rugby union, association football, golf, Lomas had two different fields, one for cricket and tennis and other for rugby exclusively. In 1892 the club moved to another field located two blocks from the railway station, Lomas acquired a land placed in Arenales and Alberti streets in 1897, where it moved. The club has remained there since then, scottish Professor Alexander Watson Hutton is generally recognised as the father of Argentine football, after having founded the English High School where students formed their own team, Alumni. At the same time, English W. W, hayward, founder of Lomas Academy taught to play football to his students. Those alumni would later form the Lomas Athletic team, the first rugby match played by Lomas was in August 1891 against Quilmes. The match was won by Lomas with a try conversion, which count 2 points by then, on February 21,1893 the Argentine Football Association was created in order to continue the organization of football tournaments. Lomas won the 1893 championship totalizing 15 points in 8 games played, five titles followed that, in 1894,1895,1897 and 1898. Within those years, the Lomas Athletic team won 46 games, the 1895 and 1896 tournaments were the only official championships played by Lomas Academy. Although no records survive, it is believed that the team was dissolved soon after winning the title. In 1899, along with Buenos Aires FC, Belgrano AC and Rosario AC, Lomas became founding member of the River Plate Rugby Championship and that same year the club won the first championship organized by the union

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Argentina
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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a federal republic in the southern half of South America. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2, Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the second largest in Latin America, and the largest Spanish-speaking one. The country is subdivided into provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system, Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The earliest recorded presence in the area of modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period. The country has its roots in Spanish colonization of the region during the 16th century, Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776. The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with waves of European immigration radically reshaping its cultural. The almost-unparalleled increase in prosperity led to Argentina becoming the seventh wealthiest developed nation in the world by the early 20th century, Argentina retains its historic status as a middle power in international affairs, and is a prominent regional power in the Southern Cone and Latin America. Argentina has the second largest economy in South America, the third-largest in Latin America and is a member of the G-15 and it is the country with the second highest Human Development Index in Latin America with a rating of very high. Because of its stability, market size and growing high-tech sector, the description of the country by the word Argentina has to be found on a Venice map in 1536. In English the name Argentina probably comes from the Spanish language, however the naming itself is not Spanish, Argentina means in Italian of silver, silver coloured, probably borrowed from the Old French adjective argentine of silver > silver coloured already mentioned in the 12th century. The French word argentine is the form of argentin and derives of argent silver with the suffix -in. The Italian naming Argentina for the country implies Argentina Terra land of silver or Argentina costa coast of silver, in Italian, the adjective or the proper noun is often used in an autonomous way as a substantive and replaces it and it is said lArgentina. The name Argentina was probably first given by the Venitian and Genoese navigators, in Spanish and Portuguese, the words for silver are respectively plata and prata and of silver is said plateado and prateado. Argentina was first associated with the silver mountains legend, widespread among the first European explorers of the La Plata Basin. The first written use of the name in Spanish can be traced to La Argentina, a 1602 poem by Martín del Barco Centenera describing the region, the 1826 constitution included the first use of the name Argentine Republic in legal documents. The name Argentine Confederation was also used and was formalized in the Argentine Constitution of 1853. In 1860 a presidential decree settled the name as Argentine Republic

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Belgrano Athletic Club
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Belgrano Athletic Club is an Argentine amateur sports club from Belgrano, Buenos Aires. One of Argentinas oldest institutions still in existence, Belgrano was one of the four clubs that founded the Argentine Rugby Union in 1899, the senior team currently competes at Grupo I, the first division of Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires. Belgrano Athletic was one of the most prominent teams during the first years of football in Argentina, Belgranos arch-rival during those years was Alumni, also from Belgrano neighborhood. Belgrano disaffiliated from the Argentine Association in late 1910s, focusing on rugby union, Association football is no longer practised at the club. Belgranos field hockey team takes part of Metropolitano championships organised by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association. Apart from the sports detailed below, several activities are practised at the nowadays, such as bowls, cricket, squash, swimming. The club facilities are divided between two locations, its main building sited in Belgrano and another one located in Pilar. The facilities at Belgranos headquarters include a rugby union pitch, a field hockey pitch, twelve tennis courts, an olympic size swimming pool. The facility in Pilar has three full size pitches, six youth pitches another hockey pitch and another swimming pool. There are records of a match played by the members of the Club Inglés de Belgrano in 1894. Belgrano AC participated in the Primera División from 1896 to 1916, the squad won three league titles in 1899,1904 and 1908, and also won a number of other tournaments including National cup Copa de Honor Cousenier in 1907 and international Tie Cup in 1900. Belgrano Athletic played one of the earliest football rivalries against Belgrano neighbours Alumni, both teams were so strong that they won all of the thirteen league titles contested between 1899 and 1911. Belgrano AC would achieve a victory over River Plate, defeating the Millonario 10–1 in 1912. That was the worst defeat of River Plate in clubs history, despite of being one of the most notable football teams during the first years of that sport in Argentina, Belgrano was relegated from the Argentine Primera División, along with Quilmes in 1916. Belgrano never returned to the first division, and the club disaffiliated from the Argentine Association, focusing on the practise of other sports. Belgrano Athletic rugby union team is one of the most successful teams in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires, having won a total of 10 provincial titles. In 1899, along with Buenos Aires FC, Lomas and Rosario AC, the club would become a member of the River Plate Rugby Championship. The first title obtained in rugby union was in 1907, playing 16 matches with 13 victories,1 drew, the team scored 233 points and only received 29 at the end of the tournament

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Flores Athletic Club
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Flores Athletic Club was an Argentine sports club from Flores, Buenos Aires. The club was pioneer in the practise of sports that would become popular in Argentina, such as football, rugby union. In 1860 a great English community lived in the neighborhoods of Caballito and Flores. Some of the biggest palaces had been erected in that zone, the Flores Athletic Club was born in Caballito neighborhood, next to current Club Ferro Carril Oeste. Flores established in the lot where in 1875 the first polo match had been played in Argentina. So the data of foundation of the club could be established between 1892 and 1893, so Flores AC had been never mentioned before by the English community in Buenos Aires. The line-up was, J. Bennett, F. J. Bennett, T. Scott-Robson, other polo match covered by the newspaper was played in 1896 against Rangers Polo Club. Flores AC also had a team, which played its home games in Caballito. The club was one of the members of the Argentine Football Association in 1893. The football team debuted on 22 April 1893, being defeated by Quilmes Rovers by 4–2, the line-up was, Brown, Gordon, Syer, Gahan, Goddard, Murphy, Fothergill, Jordan, Allen, Bartman, Wilson. Flores AC took part in Primera División Argentina from 1893 to 1897, Flores would be also placed 2nd. 1897 was its last year in Argentine Primera División, the first registered rugby union match played by Flores was on July 19,1896, against Buenos Aires FC. The game was disputed in the Caballito stadium, and the line-up was, B. F. Taylor, G. F. Roth, F. W. Fothergill, D. King, F. Chantriel, F. E. Jones, J. B. Faram, A. D. Jones, R. Colson, E. G. The Flores AC stadium was used by the Buenos Aires FC to dispute the derby with Rosario Athletic Club. On 10 April 1899 the River Plate Rugby Championship was established in Argentina, the rol of Flores AC in the establishment of the league is still discussed. It was one of the members although the club only played in the first edition held in 1899. The team debuted against Belgrano Athletic and the line-up for that game was, N. Murphy, A. Coste, F. Leitch, George F. Elliot, J. Elliot, D. King, W. H. Goddard

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Argentine Football Association
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The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Primera División and lower divisions, the Argentine Cup, Supercopa Argentina, the association is based in the city of Buenos Aires. Secondly, it organizes the amateur leagues for women, children, youth, Futsal. The Argentine Association Football League was founded on 21 February 1893 by Alexander Watson Hutton, the Argentine Association is the oldest in South America and one of the oldest to be formed outside Europe. In 1906 Florencio Martínez de Hoz became the first Argentine-born President of the Association, some teams moved to the FAF were Gimnasia y Esgrima, Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata and Atlanta. The league lasted until 1914 when rejoining Asociación Argentina de Football forming a league for the 1915 season. The second dissident league was formed in 1919 and named Asociacion Amateurs de Football, the first round of the recently created professional championship was on 31 May 1931. With 75 presidents of different Argentine clubs voting, the day of the elections something went wrong when the final count resulted in a draw of 38 to 38, the explanation given was that one of the electors put a double vote and that mistake was not reported. As a result, the committee decided to postpone the election. After some meetings to put an end to the conflict, both agreed to have another election in June 2016. In June 2016, AFA president Luis Segura was charged with aggravated administrative fraud, Segura has been replaced on an interim basis by the AFAs executive secretary, Damián Dupiellet. The body has been renamed several times since its establishment in 1893,3 Expelled by the Argentine military dictatorship. 5 Then translated into Spanish as Asociación del Fútbol Argentino in 1946, official site Argentina at FIFA site

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Argentina national football team
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The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentinas home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires, la Selección, also known as the Albicelestes, has appeared in five World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost 4–2 to Uruguay. Argentina won in their final appearance in 1978, beating the Netherlands at extra time. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3–2 victory over West Germany and they again made the World Cup finals in 1990, and lost 1–0 to West Germany following a controversial penalty call in the 87th minute. Argentina made their appearance in a World Cup final in 2014, again losing to Germany. Argentinas World Cup winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it 14 times and also winning the extra South American Championships in 1941,1945 and 1946. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and the Argentine olympic team won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. Argentina, Brazil and France are the national teams that have won the three most important mens titles recognized by FIFA, the World Cup, the Confederations Cup. They have also won their continental championship. Argentina is known for having rivalries with Brazil, Uruguay, England, the first match ever recorded by Argentina was against Uruguay. The game was held in Montevideo on 16 May 1901 and Argentina won 3–2, during the first years of its existence, the Argentina national team only played friendly matches against other South American teams. The reasons for this varied, including long travel times between countries and World War I, la Selección, also known as the Albicelestes, has appeared in five World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost, 4–2, to Uruguay. Argentina won in their final in 1978, beating the Netherlands. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3–2 victory over West Germany and their most recent World Cup final was in 2014, which they lost 1–0 to Germany. Previous to this their last World Cup final was in 1990, argentinas World Cup winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, and Carlos Bilardo in 1986. Argentina has been successful in the Copa América, winning it 14 times. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and an Argentina team won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. Argentina also won six of the 14 football competitions at the Pan American Games, in March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time

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History of the Argentina national football team
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Since its establishment, the Argentina national team has appeared in five FIFA World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930,1978 beating the Netherlands), the 1986,1990 and 2014. Argentina has been successful in the Copa América, winning it 14 times. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and the Argentine olympic team won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004, although the first match ever recorded by an Argentine side was played on 16 May 1901 against Uruguay. Nevertheless, this is not considered a game due to the match not being organized by Uruguays football association but by Albion FC in its home field. The Uruguayan side had nine players from club and the remainder from Nacional. Argentina won the match by 3-2, the first official game played by Argentina was held in the same venue, on 20 July 1902 against Uruguay. The goals were scored by Dickinson, Arímalo, Morgan, Carve Urioste, Anderson, during its first years of existence, the national team played only friendly matches until 1905, when the first edition of Lipton Cup was held. It was a cup organized by both Argentine and Uruguayan Football Associations, with its last edition being contested in 1992, the first official title won by Argentina was the 1906 Copa Lipton, defeating Uruguay 2–0 in Montevideo. That same year, Argentina also played the Newton Cup, another competition organized by associations, earning the trophy after defeating Uruguay 2–1 in Buenos Aires. In the following years, matches played by the Argentine side were against South American teams only, the reasons varied from the long time the trips took to another countries by then to World War I. Argentina would win four consecutive Newton Cups from 1907 to 1911, after some Uruguayan victories, Argentina won the 1913,1915 and 1916 Lipton and 1916 Newton Cup trophies. In 1916, Argentina contested the first tournament organized by CONMEBOL, the host plus Brazil, Chile and Uruguay were the only teams contesting the inaugural competition. During that tournament Argentina played three matches, defeating Chile 6–0 and drawing Brazil and Uruguay, who became champions on goal difference. The line-up at the final was, Isola, Díaz, Reyes, Martínez, Olazar, Badaracco, Heissinger, Ohaco, H. Hayes, E. Hayes, Argentina won its first South American championship in 1921, also held in Buenos Aires. The squad won all the games disputed, defeating Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to earn six points with no goals received, notable players of that team were goalkeeper Américo Tesoriere and striker Pedro Calomino. Julio Libonatti was also top scorer. In 1924, Argentina played a match against Uruguay at Sportivo Barracas stadium. When only 15 minutes had been played, winger Cesáreo Onzari scored from a corner kick, due to the fact that Uruguay was the Olympic champion, this play was called Gol Olímpico

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Argentina national under-23 football team
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The Argentina Olympic football team represents Argentina in international football competitions in the Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, the team is controlled by the Argentine Football Association. Argentina took part for the first time in 1928 Summer Olympics held in the Netherlands, the team advanced to the final after defeating United States with a thrashing 11–2 in the first round, and Belgium in the second. In the semi-finals, the team smashed Egypt by 6–0 to qualify for the final against Uruguay. The first match ended in a 1–1 tie so a game had to be played three days later. In the decisive match, Uruguay won the tournament after defeating Argentina 2–1, the Argentine line-up was Bossio, Bidoglio, Paternóster, Médice, Monti, Evaristo, Carricaberri, Tarasconi, Ferreira, Perduca, Orsi. In 1932 no football tournament was held, restarting the activities in 1936, because of an agreement between FIFA and IOC, only amateur players were allowed to play the football tournaments from then on. Argentina returned to competition in the 1960 games held in Rome. The squad was eliminated in the first round after a 3–2 loss to Denmark, although the team won its games against Tunisia. Argentinas next participation was in the 1964 Summer Olympics organized by Tokyo, where the finished in the last position of the groupd after a 1–1 draw with Ghana. Since then, Argentina had an absence of the games. The national team returned for the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, in the group stage, Argentina tied 1–1 to the United States then defeated South Korea 2–1, finishing second to the Soviet Union and qualifying to the next stage. In the quarter-finals, Argentina lost to Brazil 2–1, being eliminated from the competition, since 1992, male competitors must be under 23 years old, then since 199623 years old players with three over-23 players allowed per squad. Nevertheless, Argentina did not qualify to play that edition, Argentina came back to the competition in the 1996 edition held in Atlanta, United States. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the IOC allowed football representatives to register a maximum of three above-23 players, the Argentine players registered under that condition were Diego Simeone, José Chamot and Roberto Sensini. Former senior team captain Daniel Passarella was the manager, the national team debuted with a 3–1 victory over the United States, then tied to Portugal and Tunisia, both 1–1, to finish first the group and qualify for the second round. In the quarter-finals, Argentina trashed Spain 4–0 which allowed the team to pass to the semi-finals, after 66 years since the first final played in Amsterdam, Argentina reached its second Olympic final. The match was played on 3 August 1996 and Argentina lost to Nigeria 2–3

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Argentina national under-20 football team
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The Argentina national under-20 football team is the representative of Argentina in FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level. Argentina is the most successful nation in the FIFA World Youth Championship, the team has participated in 14 of the 20 World Championship events, since the 1979 edition, which they won. Argentina has also won five South American Youth Championships, Argentina did not participate of the first youth championship held in Tunisia. The first appearance of a team in an under-20 competition was two years later at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Tokyo. Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz were the leaders and most notable players of the squad. The tournament was also the first official championship played by Maradona in a national team, Argentina debuted in Group B thrashing Indonesia 5–0 in the first match, beating Yugoslavia 1–0 in the second and defeating Poland in the third match, 4–1. The youth squad finished first in the group with ten goals scored, en route to the final, Argentina hammered Algeria 5–0, then defeated arch-rival Uruguay 2–0. In the final against the Soviet Union on 7 September, the team won 3–1, Ramón Díaz won the Golden Shoe as the topscorer, with eight goals, while Maradona was awarded the Golden Ball as best player of the tournament. Apart from Maradona and Díaz, other players of the team were Juan Simón, Hugo Alves, Gabriel Calderón, Juan Barbas. That team is regarded as one of the best Argentine national squads ever. Argentina attended the tournament, hosted by Australia in 1981. The squad was defeated by the local host, then achieving a draw with England, Argentina did not qualify to the next stage, however, earning only three points after three matches played. The national team made a better performance at the 1983 championship hosted by Mexico. On the first round, Argentina thrashed China 5–0, then widely defeated Austria and beat Czechoslovakia in the last game, the team finished first in the group with zero goals conceded. In the quarter-finals, Argentina defeated Netherlands 2–1 and Poland 1–0 in the semi-finals, on 19 June 1983, Argentina played the final against Brazil, falling 1–0 at the Estadio Azteca. The team was coached by Carlos Pachamé, designated by the Senior team coach, Carlos Bilardo, to work with youth players. Argentina did not qualify to play the 1985 and 1987 championships, Argentina was defeated by Spain in the first match. The team recovered winning the game to Norway 2–0, but although it lost the last match to Iraq

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Argentina women's national football team
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The Argentina womens national football team represents Argentina in international womens football. Since there is no league in Argentina, almost all its members were amateur players until 1991. Nevertheless, Argentina follows Brazil in the CONMEBOL standings, on November 26,2006, in the finals of the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino, Argentina beat Brazil to take the title. At the final, they win the medal by a 2–1 victory against Chile. Despite a lack of investment, Argentina still managed to qualify for their first two Womens World Cup in USA2003 and China 2007, though they were eliminated in the Group Stage of both tournaments. Roster for the 2014 Copa América Femenina Head coach, Luis Nicosia Argentina national football team Argentina and Brazil football rivalry Official website FIFA profile

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Argentine football league system
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The Argentine football league system include tournaments organised by the Argentine Football Association. Clubs affiliated to the body compete in the tournaments, which are split into categories or divisions, rules establish a system of promotion and relegation, a process where teams are transferred between two divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Tournaments organised by the Association and its predecessors have held since 1893. Nevertheless, the first championship was organised by the Argentine Association Football League in 1891, the body dissolved that same year but the current association included the 1891 in its list of championships. Only clubs directly affiliated to AFA had taken part in tournaments organised by the body, the second group is formed clubs not directly affiliated to AFA that play in regional leagues, under the supervision of Consejo Federal de Fútbol, dependent on the AFA. Competitions reserved for those clubs are Torneo Federal A, Torneo Federal B, AFA official website Fútbol Interior Ascenso del Interior

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Primera B Nacional
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Primera B Nacional is the second division of the Argentine football league system, made up of 23 teams in the 2016–17 season. It is played by teams all over the country. In the league system of Argentine football, Nacional B is the second-highest league, Primera B Nacional games are often transmitted to Argentina and abroad on television by TyC Sports. It was created in 1985 to integrate unaffiliated clubs into the Argentine football structure and it brought together teams from the old Primera B and regional leagues from several Argentine provinces. For the 2016-17 season, the participating teams will play each other twice for a total of forty-six matches. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss, teams are ranked by total points. The Champion and the team are automatically promoted to the Primera División. Four teams will be relegated at the end of the season, since the first season held in 1986-87, the following teams have crowned champions of the division, Official webpage

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Copa Argentina
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The tournament was re-launched in 2011, with teams of all divisions that form the Argentine football league system taking part of the championship. The winner of Copa Argentina qualifies for the Supercopa Argentina against the champions of Primera División. Boca Juniors is the most successful team with three titles, a new international competition, Copa Ganadores de Copa, would be held by CONMEBOL in 1970 as the South American equivalence of UEFA Cup Winners Cup. AFA thus started a cup competition, the Copa Argentina, in 1969, the competition was contested by 32 teams using a two-legged elimination format. Two points were awarded for winning a leg, one for a draw, the teams having more points would qualify to the next round. If both teams had numbers of point, it would be determined by the total number of goals, total number of goals conceded. Boca Juniors and Atlanta entered the final, Boca won the tournament by defeating Atlanta 3-2 on aggregate after two matches were played. However, as Boca later won the 1969 Nacional and qualified to the 1970 Copa Libertadores, the champions of Primera B, Ferro, also took part in the tournament, along with 13 top clubs from regional leagues. 32 teams played the competition and San Lorenzo and Vélez Sársfield entered the final, the tournament had been lasting for a long period in that year. Starting in March 1970, the first leg of the final was played in March 1971, at that time, the Copa Ganadores de Copa, which the winner of Copa Argentina would be qualifying for, had already started. Therefore, after the first leg of the Copa Argentina final was held, which the teams drew 2-2, no Argentine teams participated in the Copa Ganadores de Copa 1971. The reschedule of the Copa Argentina -officialized in 2011- includes 186 teams of 7 divisions of the Argentine football league system in a knock-out system competition, all the matches are disputed in neutral locations. The teams of the first division are included in rounds of 32, the champion of the tournament will qualify for the next edition of Copa Sudamericana. For the relaunching of the tournament, a new trophy was designed, the cup, made of aluminium, was manufactured at the Norberto Ambrosetti factory of Lobos, Buenos Aires. The 2012 final between Boca and Racing was scheduled many times due to fixture congestion, the match was finally played on August 8,2012, at the Estadio del Bicentenario in San Juan. Boca Juniors won its second trophy after defeating Racing Club by 2-1, the 2012–13 Copa Argentina was scheduled to begin October 23,2012 in a new two-phase knock-out competition. Arsenal defeated San Lorenzo and won its first trophy of this competition, the 2013–14 Copa Argentina began in October 30,2013 The following is the list with the finals played, Notes,1 San Lorenzo and Vélez Sarsfield qualified to play the finals. The first match ended 2–2, and the leg was never played so there was not a champion

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Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires
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Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires was an Argentine official football cup competition. It was contested fourteen times between 1905 and 1920 and this cup was played by teams from Buenos Aires and Rosario. The champion of this tournament qualified to play the Copa de Honor Cousenier versus the winner of Uruguayan Copa de Honor representing the Association of that country. In 1936, a new Copa de Honor was played under a regular Primera División season, san Lorenzo finished 1st and was awarded the cup. In July 2013, the Argentine Football Association recognized the 1936 edition as a Primera División honour awarded to the club, the following list includes all the editions of the Copa de Honor, Copa de Honor Cousenier Copa de Honor

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Copa de Competencia Jockey Club
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Copa de Competencia Jockey Club is a defunct official football tournament which took place in Argentina between 1907 and 1933. The winner of this Cup was allowed to play the Tie Cup against the Uruguayan champion of Copa de Competencia, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was first awarded in 1907, being Alumni its first winner. Teams affiliated to the Argentine Football Association and Federación Rosarina de Football were allowed to enter to this competition, rosarian teams participated until the 1919 edition. From the 1921 edition, only teams from the cities of Buenos Aires, after the final edition of the Tie Cup in 1919, the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club was played on four more occasions in 1921,1925,1931 and 1936. It was contested on a total of 17 occasions and the most successful teams were Alumni, the following list includes all the editions of the Copa de Competencia, Copa de Competencia Tie Cup Copa de Competencia overview page at RSSSF

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Copa Beccar Varela
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The Copa de Honor Adrián Beccar Varela was an Argentine official football competition organized by dissident Liga Amateur de Football. The trophy was named after Adrián Beccar Varela, president of both bodies, dissident Associación Amateur and official association, the first edition was contested by 18 Primera División teams. The format of the tournament was a stage where teams competed within 3 groups of 6 teams each. Each group played a tournament, in which each team was scheduled for three matches against other teams in the same group. The team finishing first of each group advanced to the stage where they played each other. For the second edition played in 1933, four Uruguayan clubs took part of the competition, otherwise, there was another trophy also named Copa Adrián Beccar Varela but organized by the official association and played by teams of regional leagues. The first edition was held in 1929 and won by a combined from Liga Rosarina de Football

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Copa Suecia
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The Copa Suecia was an official football tournament held once from 1958 to 1960 by the Argentine Football Association. It was competed by clubs in the Primera División Argentina, Atlanta won the tournament in the final held in 1960. Given that the World Cup was held in faraway Sweden in 1958, as a result, AFA organized a cup competition in order to keep the teams in readiness and also let the clubs receive some economic benefits throughout the prolonged intermission. The Swedish Embassy in Argentina donated the trophy and hence the name of the tournament, the 16 teams of the Primera División were divided into two groups, and each group played a round-robin. The top team from each group would contest a single-legged final, if two teams had the same number of points in a group, a single-legged play-off would be competed to determine the qualification. Atlanta started very well in this year by three wins in the league. It also made a debut in the Group B of the Copa Suecia by defeating River Plate 4,1. Eventually it was the top team of its group, having the number of points with Rosario Central. A play-off was contested and Atlanta won by 1,0, racing Club was the qualified team in the Group A and they played the final in 1960. Atlanta won the match 3,1 and was crowned the champion and it remains the only official top flight tournament title in Atlantas history. Moreover, it was the first time one of the so-called little teams of Argentina won an official cup in the professional era. Initially, the tournament drew strong crowds, however, public interest declined soon due to various factors. The competition was harmed by the lack of commitment of some of the clubs that presented too many substitutes. Moreover, interest was lost due to the performance of the Argentina national football team in World Cup 1958. Last but not least, once the Primera División was resumed, there was a lack of available match dates and the scheduling of the remaining part of the tournament became very difficult. As a result, the tournament became a competition, with some matches played in 1959